--- title: So the Master-maid asked him, as she had asked the sheriff, if he ha… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the Master-maid asked him, as she had asked the sheriff, if he had a great deal of money, and the attorney said he was not ill off for that, and would at once go home to get it; and at night he came with a great big sack of money--this time it was a four-bushel sack--and set it on the bench by th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/62/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Master-maid, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/) / 62 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Master-maid, part 2, sentence 62 So the Master-maid asked him, as she had asked the sheriff, if he had a great deal of money, and the attorney said he was not ill off for that, and would at once go home to get it; and at night he came with a great big sack of money--this time it was a four-bushel sack--and set it on the bench by the Master-maid. **Who acts:** Master maid, maid, sheriff, attorney, time · **What happens:** ask, have, say, not be, go, get · **To what, where:** sheriff, great deal, deal, bushel sack, bench, money · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master-maid, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Master maid, maid, sheriff, attorney), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg503:18:62 # text = So the Master-maid asked him, as she had asked the sheriff, if he had a great deal of money, and the attorney said he was not ill off for that, and would at once go home to get it; and at night he came with a great big sack of money--this time it was a four-bushel sack--and set it on the bench by the Master-maid. 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sheriff sheriff NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 deal deal NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 attorney attorney NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 ccomp _ _ 33 off off ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 41 obl _ _ 41 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 42 home home ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 at at ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 52 with with ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 54 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 55 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 -- -- PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 61 det _ _ 61 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ _ 62 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 63 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 cop _ _ 64 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 65 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 67 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 bushel bushel NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 compound _ _ 68 sack sack NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 -- -- PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 71 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 72 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 obj _ _ 73 on on ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 bench bench NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ _ 76 by by ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 78 Master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 79 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 78 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 80 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Master maid | | sheriff | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · perfect | maid | the sheriff | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sheriff=Recipient | | 3 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | sheriff | a great deal of money | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deal=Patient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the attorney | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **is** | past | attorney | | | | | for that; ill *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | would | the Master maid *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at once=Location | | 7 | **get** | to-infinitive | the Master maid *not said here* | deal | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 8 | **come** | past | attorney | | | | night | with a great big sack of money and a bushel sack | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **is a** | past | this time | a bushel sack | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **set** | infinitive | | deal | | the bench | | by the Master maid | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on bench=Destination | | 11 | **deal** | | | money | | | | | nom deal «act transitive»: of=patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/63/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/18/)